VP, Mobile Apps Engineering Manager - MySynchrony

Role Summary/Purpose

The Vice President, Mobile Apps Engineering Manager craves working in a hands‑on system design and architecture environment and leads by example to ensure time‑sensitive projects are completed on schedule and to specifications. The role requires deep expertise in developing Mobile Native UI, Native SDKs integrated with APIs, and Web Views for iOS and Android apps; ability to manage people, influence, and lead multiple teams is crucial.

We’re proud to offer choice and flexibility. At Synchrony, you may work from home near one of our hubs, or come into an office. Occasionally you may be required to commute to our nearest office for in‑person engagement activities such as business or team meetings, training, and culture events.

• Have passion:
  You can code, but you are passionate about application development in a complex ecosystem.
• Have common sense:
  You think through designs to ensure they’re the best solutions first.
• Are slightly obsessed with pretty code:
  You write elegant, testable, performant code that is robust and scalable.
• Are a leader:
  You influence a large cross‑functional team to deliver cutting‑edge customer‑facing applications.
• Learn quickly and adapt to new technology:
  You adapt and learn to be productive with new languages, OS, and tools.
• Think like a customer:
  You consider UX in your decision making and think like a customer.

• Influence and deliver through multiple agile development and testing teams through all phases of the Agile development life cycle via SAFe.
• Implement new technologies and assist developers as they migrate to new technologies.
• Develop iOS, Android applications and mobile SDKs to work in a microservices ecosystem comprising RESTful APIs, API Gateway and Spring Framework.
• Architect, deliver, and support iOS/Android applications – a must.
• Manage teams, provide coaching, deliver impactful feedback, and create an environment that fosters learning and career development.
• Design data models to support complex business processes.
• Drive a CI/CD strategy using Bitrise, Bitbucket, and the uDeploy stack.
• Strong experience with App Store and Play Store ecosystems and processes.
• Working knowledge of the overall mobile industry.
• Partner with train leaders to drive and deliver results at every Program Increment level.
• Collaborate with software developers, UX designers, product managers, application architects, and customer application experts to create amazing mobile apps.
• Mentor and influence all levels of the team.
• Ensure compliance with architecture, security and technology standards set by Synchrony.
• Assist in crafting and maintaining the future state technology architectural strategy, along with our modernization and migration roadmap.
• Lead Agile teams as the technical expert, including PI planning, ART sync, backlog grooming, and IP sprints.
• Ensure application code quality through development, test, and Q&E automation.
• Define and establish Non‑Functional Requirements for performance, security, reliability, scalability, usability, maintainability, and portability.
• Participate in root cause analysis, incident reports, and provide direction in problem resolution.
• Analyze production defects, troubleshoot systems, identify root cause, and implement fixes.
• Passionate about the latest technologies, open‑source projects, and languages.
• Provide 24x7 on‑call support periodically throughout the year.
• Identify ways to increase efficiency and improve system performance.
• Work with third‑party vendors to develop software and/or integrate their software into the company's products.
• Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 6 years of experience with Software Engineering.
• Minimum 6 years of application development experience.
• Mobile native application development background for iOS or Android platform.
• Critical thinking, creativity, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability and flexibility to travel for business as required.

• Experience with Web, React, API and AWS.
• Expertise with continuous integration environments.
• Deep…